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FRANCIS RIVES LASSITER 

(Late a Representative from Virginia) 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 

DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- 
TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES 

SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS 
SECOND SESSION 






Proceedings in the House 
May 8, 1910 



Proceedings in the Senate 
December 7, 1909 



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WASHINGTON 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 7 

Memorial addresses by 

Mr. Turnbull, of Virginia 9 

Mr. Hay, of Virginia 12 

Mr. Saunders, of Virginia 14 

Mr. Carlin, of Virginia 18 

Mr. Slemp, of Virginia 22 

Mr. Small, of North Carolina 26 

Mr. Lamb, of Virginia 29 

Mr. Gaines, of West Virginia 34 

Mr. Maynard, of Virginia 3G 

Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania 39 

Proceedings in the Senate 43 



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DEATH OF HON. FRANCIS RIVES LASSITER 



Proceedings in the House 

Monday, December 6, 1909. 

Mr. Jones. Mr. Speaker, it is with sadness and a keen 
sense of loss that I announce the death of my late col- 
league, Hon. Francis Rives Lassiter, who died suddenly 
at his home in the city of Petersburg on Sunday after- 
noon, October 31 last. 

At some future time I shall ask the House to set apart 
a day when Members may be afforded an opportunity 
to pay suitable tribute to the life and character of the 
deceased. 

I now send to the Clerk's desk to be read, and move the 
immediate adoption of, the following resolutions. 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolutions. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. Francis Rives Lassiter, late a Representative 
from the State of Virginia. 

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit 
a copy of these resolutions to the Senate. 

The resolutions were agreed to. 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the additional 
resolution. 



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The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the Hon. Francis Rives Lassiter and the Hon. David Albaugh De 
Armond the House do now adjourn. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m.) the 
House adjourned. 



Tuesday, April 12, 1910. 

Mr. Turnbull. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
for the adoption of the order which I send to the Clerk's 
desk. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Ordered, That there be a session of the House on Sunday, the 
8th day of May, at 12 o'clock, to be set apart for addresses on the 
life, character, and public services of the Hon. Francis Rives 
Lassiter, late a Representative from the State of Virginia. 

The order was agreed to. 



Sunday, May 8, 1910. 
The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to 
order by the Clerk, who read the following communi- 
cation: 

Speaker's Room, 
House of Representatives, 

Washington, D. C, May 8, 1910. 
I hereby designate Hon. William A. Jones, of Virginia, as 
Speaker pro tempore for this day, 

J. G. Cannon, Speaker. 



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Mr. Jones took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. 
The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
following prayer: 

Infinite and eternal spirit, Father of all souls, we are 
assemhled here to-day in response to a natural impulse 
of the human heart and in accordance with a long-estab- 
lished custom. Death, though perfectly natural, seldom 
comes without a shock, snapping the ties of love and 
friendship; then it is the deeps of the soul are broken up, 
the sympathies are loosed, and we need that comfort 
which cometh from above to deepen our faith in Thee 
and quicken our hope in the life everlasting. 

We are here in memory of one gifted by nature with 
large endowments, which, through the process of edu- 
cation, were developed to a high degree of perfection; 
possessed of a warm heart and a genial nature, he was 
prepared for a life of usefulness, and on the floor of this 
House served with fidelity his State and Nation. Com- 
fort, we beseech Thee, his colleagues, friends, and those 
to whom he was bound by the ties of kinship. Impress 
us with the uncertainty of this life and help us to do our 
work with patience, fidelity, and earnestness, so that when 
the summons conies we shall be prepared to pass on to 
whatever awaits us in the great beyond. For Thine is 
the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. 

The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday, May 7, 
1910, was read and approved. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will report the 
special order for to-day. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

On motion of Mr. Turnbull, by unanimous consent — 
Ordered, That there be a session of the House on Sunday, the 
8lh day of May, at 12 o'clock, to be set apart for addresses on the 



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life, character, and public services of the Hon. Francis Rives 
Lassiter, late a Representative from the State of Virginia. (Order 
agreed to in the House April 12, 1910.) 

Mr. Turnbull. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following 
resolutions: 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, 
that opportunity may be given for tribute to the memory of the 
Hon. Francis Rives Lassiter, late a Member of this House from 
the State of Virginia. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished career, 
the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, do stand ad- 
journed. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
the family of the deceased. 

The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Turnbull, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker: The Hon. Francis Rives Lassiter, whose 
memory we have met to-day to commemorate, was born 
in the city of Petersburg, Va., on the 18th day of February, 
1866. He was a son of Dr. D. W. Lassiter and Anna Rives 
Heath, his wife. He was educated at McCabe's University 
School, at Petersburg, until 1883, when he attended the 
University of Virginia and took the academic courses 
there, and in 1886 he graduated in law from the univer- 
sity, having taken the degree of bachelor of laws. 

Soon after he graduated at the University of Virginia 
he moved to Roston, Mass., where he practiced his chosen 
profession until the year 1888, when he returned to 
Petersburg, his native city, and was appointed city attor- 
ney for that city, which position he held until he was 
appointed United States attorney for the eastern district 
of Virginia by President Cleveland. He resigned his 
position in 1896, and about this time he became a candi- 
date for the office of attorney general of Virginia, and only 
lacked a few votes of securing the nomination for that 
position at the hands of the Democratic convention of 
the State, and in 1899 he was appointed superintendent of 
the Twelfth Census for the fourth congressional district. 

In early life he was captain of one of the military com- 
panies of his city and was afterwards elected major of 
the regiment to which his company belonged. 



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Maj. Lassiter was first elected to Congress from the 
fourth congressional district of Virginia in 1900, to fill 
the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. Sydney P. 
Epes, and was reelected for the succeeding term. He was 
again elected to Congress in 1906 and 1908. He was for 
a number of years a member of the Democratic State cen- 
tral committee and chairman of the committee of the 
fourth district, and rendered active and valuable service 
to the party in the State and district. He died suddenly 
on the last day of October, 1909, having been cut down 
in the prime of life. 

It was not my privilege to know Maj. Lassiter very inti- 
mately, but he was a man of scholarly attainments, of 
pleasing address, of genial temperament, of kind heart, 
had a host of friends throughout the State and district, 
and had a strong hold upon the people of the district. 
Maj. Lassiter was a widower, having married Miss McGill, 
the daughter of John McGill, of the city of Petersburg, 
and she died several years ago without children. 

Our lives, Mr. Speaker, are but guideposts to others in 
the journey along life's pathway, and Maj. Lassiter's 
whole life shows what can be accomplished by persistent 
effort and untiring industry. 

Maj. Lassiter was reared in a home, an old Virginia 
home, where he could imbibe nothing but what stood for 
gentility, culture, and refinement. He was taught at his 
mother's knee to obey the orders of those who had a right 
to command his obedience, and to be gentle, courteous, 
and polite to all, the high as well as the lowly; to love and 
reverence his home and to stand up for the preservation 
of its sanctity against all comers; to honor his father and 
his mother; to love his native State and her traditions, 
and to do all in his power to build up her waste places 
and to cause her again to occupy the important position 



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Address of Mr. Turnbull, of Virginia 

that she once held in the councils of the Nation, and to 
love our common country and its Constitution in which 
our forefathers took such an active part in shaping and 
putting into effect, to stand up for its preservation in 
time of peace, and to hattle for it in time of war. It is 
such principles as these that we Virginians stand for 
to-day. 



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Address of Mr. Hay, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker : " The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous 
palaces, the great earth itself, resolve into a vision and 
leave not a rack behind," may truthfully be said of all 
nature, save man. He alone lives in the hearts of those 
who survive him, and he lives longest who has loved most, 
who has been most loyal to friends. Such a one was 
Frank Lassiter. 

I wish to say one word of appreciation of Frank Las- 
siter. I knew him well. For more than 20 years I was 
associated with him in one way or another, and believe 
that I have formed a just estimate of his character and 
mind. 

He was above all a gentleman, courteous, kind, gen- 
erous to a fault, considerate of others, of most engaging 
manners, and " manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal 
nature and of noble mind." He was a loyal friend. In 
all the relations of life he never faltered in his allegiance 
to the highest principles of truth and honor. 

In defeat he was not bitter; in victory he was mag- 
nanimous. 

He had an intense love for his State and for his people, 
and in their darkest hours he gave to them all the bril- 
liancy of his intellect, all the energy of his being, all the 
loyalty of his nature. 

He was appreciated by his people. They had in him 
a confidence begotten by a hundred proofs of his devotion 
to them and to the principles in which they and he be- 
lieved. He never hesitated to sacrifice his own interests, 
if by so doing he could promote the cause of his country 
and his party. 



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He had but brief service in this House, but his broad 
culture and knowledge of affairs made a deep impression 
upon all with whom he came in contact. 

He took great pride in his work here and devoted 
himself to it with singleness of purpose and intelligent 
diligence. 

He had a high sense of the responsibility of his place 
in this great council. He felt that to be a Member of this 
body was a great honor and that he owed to it the best 
efforts of his mind. 

Words are all too poor to express our grief at his 
untimely taking off. He is " Where beyond these voices 
there is peace." He will live in the hearts of those who 
loved him, and his memory will be kept green by those 
he loved. 



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Address of Mr. Saunders, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker: It is a melancholy task to lay the wreaths 
of affection and the tributes of admiration on the grave 
of a departed friend. But it is fitting that the men who 
served with him and loved him should avail themselves 
of the opportunity which this sad occasion affords to 
commemorate the striking cpialities of that strong and 
attractive personality which we knew in life as Frank 
Lassiter. 

The subject of these memorial exercises was born in 
Petersburg in February, 1866, at a time when that city 
was prostrate from the dreadful experiences through 
which it had passed in the closing years of the Civil War. 
He lived to see it take its proper place in the fair sister- 
hood of Virginia cities, in no small degree through the 
energy and activities of that generation to which Mr. 
Lassiter belonged and in which through his generous 
endowments of heart and brain he played a large and 
conspicuous part. 

Mr. Lassiter was thoroughly educated in several of the 
schools for which his State is famous, and in 1886 received 
the coveted degree of bachelor of laws from the Univer- 
sity of Virginia. 

For a short time he practiced in Boston, but soon re- 
turned to his native city where he continued to reside 
until his untimely death. He was active in his profession, 
and the rewards soon came that inevitably wait upon 
capacity, energy, and integrity. 

He was elected city attorney for Petersburg in 1888 
and continued to hold that office until he was appointed 



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Address of Mr. Saunders, of Virginia 

district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in 
1893. In 1899 he was appointed supervisor of the census 
for his district. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress 
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Sydney 
Epes. He was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, the 
Sixtieth Congress, and the Sixty-first Congress. 

During all these years he grew in favor with his con- 
stituents and associates. Mr. Lassiter from early man- 
hood took an active part in politics and was always at 
the service of a friend. He was true to his convictions, 
inflexible in his integrity, and fearless in the maintenance 
of his principles. He was a scholarly man of decided 
literary attainments and large culture. As a public 
speaker he was graceful, vigorous, and eloquent, drawing 
at all times from the well-filled quiver of an extensive 
vocabulary and the copious stores of a highly trained 
mind. 

He was frank, honest, sincere, loyal, and generous. He 
had his faults, as all of us, but they merely illustrated 
that inheritance of fallibility which is our common lot. 
It has been well said of him that he was true to his friends 
and that no man had truer friends. There is something 
strong, true, sincere, and lovable about a man when his 
friends are true to him. It is well to think of those quali- 
ties in a man which make men love him — delicate honor, 
inflexible integrity, unswerving loyalty, and chivalrous 
purpose. These things survive the fitful fever of the indi- 
vidual life, and in their contemplation men are lifted up 
to higher things. 

It is hard to see a friend pass away at a time when his 
powers ought to be at their maturity and his capacity for 
usefulness and services at their highest point of efficiency. 
But how often is this true in the common ken of man- 
kind. Maj. Lassiter was a little over 43 at the time of his 
death. The time was far distant when in natural course 



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his physical vigor was to decline and his mental powers 
abate. Apparently the rich promise of the years was his 
when in a moment the summons came that awaits us all. 

Death has been busy in the Virginia delegation in the 
last decade or two. Gen. Lee, Mr. Rixey, Mr. Epes, Maj. 
Lassiter, Maj. Otey, Dr. Wise, Senator Barbour, Col. 
Slemp, all have died in harness. We are continually 
reminded in the lives of our friends and associates of the 
uncertainty of life, of the impartiality with which Death 
leaves his fatal summons in the lowly hovel and the 
sumptuous palace. Mortal life is a vapor, an exhalation, 
a fleeting cloud, a snowflake that whitens the bosom of 
the waters for a moment and then is gone forever. 
To-day in full luxuriance, to-morrow it is cut down and 
withered. 

We grope here for a little while between two grim and 
forbidding eternities if we view them in the light of the 
feeble taper of man's intellect. The Christian alone sees 
a star of hope in the vault of immensity. It is well for us 
to be reminded of our own littleness and fleeting tenure 
on mortal life. It may serve to turn our thoughts, our 
vision, our aspirations to the larger life beyond. In that 
contemplation we will lay hold of the steadfast and com- 
forting assurance, that " death did not come to our col- 
league bearing in his hand the sickle of destruction, but 
the scepter of immortality." 

Truly it has been said that " the multitudinous voices 
of earth and air are prophecies of a world to be." The 
flowers of the field rising from countless graves; the un- 
folding leaves of the forest, heralding the approach of 
summer; the orchards and meadows bursting into bloom; 
myriads of winged minstrels filling the world with mel- 
ody; are the evangels of the Lord, demonstrating before 
our eyes the universal victory of life over death. They 



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Address of Mr. Saunders, of Virginia 

are God's answers to the question, If a man die, shall he 
live again? They teach us the welcome lesson of immor- 
tality, and that — 

Beyond the waking, and the sleeping, 
Beyond the smiling and the weeping, 
We shall meet again. 

Yes, we shall meet again; blessed, sacred, comforting 
thought. 



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Address of Mr. Carlin, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker : Francis Rives Lassiter was our colleague. 
When we last saw him — it was but a few days before 
death claimed him — he was apparently in good health. 
No one suspected that a kind and merciful Providence 
would so soon call him to a better and a higher life. 

It was my pleasure to have been with him for several 
hours just a few days before and to have observed him 
in the full bloom of his manhood and to have engaged 
with him in cheerful conversation, and when, on the 31st 
of October of last year, the news was flashed over the 
wires that he had died suddenly in his home city of Peters- 
burg, Va., I was slow to believe the truth. The verifica- 
tion of this sad intelligence soon followed, and again we 
were forced to realize the uncertainty of human life. 

We spend our lives in the busy turmoil of human 
affairs with but the slightest thought of the sad fact that 
we are doomed to certain death, and live as though this 
were an eternal existence, and were it not for the fact 
that we are constantly awakened by the death of some 
dear relative or friend and thus admonished that we are 
surely to follow, we would perhaps lose the opportunity 
for reflection. Providence has perhaps designed sudden 
death for some wise and good purpose. It may be to 
summon the living millions to careful, sober thought of 
the existence of a Supreme Being and a life beyond this 
world of care and strife. 

We can not look back and review the past of our la- 
mented friend and observe his splendid career or forecast 
his bright future without being forced, strong men though 



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we are, busy with this world's affairs, to a realization of 
the fact that, after all, even the great and powerful play 
but a small part in the affairs of men and are but atoms 
in the great sea of life, and that life itself would hardly 
be worth the living were it not for the hope of everlasting 
reward in the great eternity. 

The death change comes. 
Death is another life. We bow our heads 
At going out, we think, and enter straight 
Another golden chamber of the King's, 
Larger than this we leave, and lovelier. 
And then in shadowy glimpses, disconnect, 
The story, flower-like, closes thus its leaves. 
The will of God is all in all. He makes, 
Destroys, remakes, for His own pleasure, all. 

Our lamented friend was a brave, intellectual, cultured 
man. These were the qualities with which God endowed 
him. He was human, and no doubt had his faults, but 
that he made good use of his talents is abundantly proven 
by the fairness of his dealing with his fellow-men and the 
usefulness of his career. The State in which he was born 
was selected by him as the stage upon which to play his 
part. It was there he was educated and received the 
degree of LL. B. from the University of Virginia in 1886, 
and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1888. He was 
an honored member of the legal profession until the day 
of his death. He was corporation attorney for the city 
of Petersburg from 1888 until 1892; United States attorney 
for the eastern district of Virginia from 1893 until 1896. 
In the practice of his profession he won the confidence 
and respect of bench and bar, and those who had occasion 
to observe him in the practice of his profession knew 
that he was destined to be called for more important 
service, and it was no surprise to them that when a va- 
cancy was occasioned by death from his district in the 



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Fifty-sixth Congress, he was called by an almost unani- 
mous vote of the people to fill it. He served in the Fifty- 
seventh Congress, the Sixtieth Congress, and was serving 
in this, the Sixty-first Congress, when his sudden death 
came. 

It was our pleasure to know him in his home life, where 
he was loved with an affection that will endure as long 
as the last remaining member of his family may live. We 
knew him in his daily walks of life and had the oppor- 
tunity to observe his accomplishments. You knew him 
as a member of this body, and can bear testimony, not 
only to his splendid character, his culture, and his affec- 
tionate disposition, but to his usefulness to his district, 
his State, and to his country. He loved the party which 
had honored him and believed in its principles and pre- 
cepts, and had won the honors which had been bestowed 
upon him by his valiant service in battling for its cause. 
He was peculiarly adapted to a political career and pos- 
sessed every qualification of a successful leader, and had 
given evidence of his devotion to his party in numerous 
contests. He was a fluent speaker, a safe counselor, and 
a splendid organizer. He had untiring energy and pos- 
sessed a knowledge of men and affairs which was often 
helpful to both him and his party. 

The public men of Virginia knew him and loved him; 
and we shall miss him. Members of this and other Con- 
gresses who enjoyed his acquaintance entertained for him 
a high regard, and his intimates a deep affection. His loss 
we all shall feel, and to-day, as we pay our sad tribute 
of respect, we can earnestly express the hope " that he is 
better now " and that he may have an eternal abode in 
that land of endless peace and joy beyond the skies where 
saints immortal dwell. This is our last good-by. We have 
felt the warmth of his presence, the joy of his association. 



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Address of Mr. Carlin, of Virginia 



He has returned to his State full value for the honors it 
bestowed upon him. He has made his imprint upon the 
pages of his country's history and has gone to rest. 

He gave his honors to the world again, 
His blessed heart to heaven. 
And sleeps in peace. 

Our sympathies for his loved ones; our prayers for 
everlasting peace to him. 

There is no death! What seems so is transition; 

This life of mortal breath 
Is but a suburb of the life elysian, 

Whose portal we call Death. 



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Address of Mr. Slemp, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker: Notwithstanding the fact that death is 
ever present with us and around us, yet when it comes to 
one particularly near us, either in our own household or 
one of our associates upon this floor, it invariably comes 
as a surprise. Were it not for the manifold evidences of 
life that greet us upon every side, especially at this vernal 
season in the natural kingdom, our minds would become 
fixed solely upon the decay and disintegration of all 
forms of life, but these evidences of life in the natural 
world inspire hope and confidence in us, notwithstanding 
that what we look upon as being dead has in it the germ 
of unending life. St. Paul in one of his epistles said, " If 
in this life only we have hope we are of all men most 
miserable." The doctrine of the resurrection was be- 
lieved by the chosen people of God before its complete 
demonstration in the Christian era, until it has, with few 
exceptions, become almost a verity among men of various 
creeds. Whether or not an individual holds to this belief 
as a religious tenet, there is in each one of us, however 
scholarly or unscholarly he may be, the hope of a future 
and better life than present environments afford. It is 
this and the example of those who have gone before us 
that keeps us from absolute despair and inspires us to 
press onward to the goal of this life's ambition where'er 
that goal may be. 

Francis Rives Lassiter, our late colleague from Vir- 
ginia, was a native of that Commonwealth, of old Virginia 
lineage. He was reared among a people noted for their 
geniality, their hospitality, and those fine traits of char- 
acter embodied in the general term of Virginia gentleman. 

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Address of Mr. Slemp, of Virginia 



He was born in the reconstruction period, during the 
transition from the old to the new South, and therefore 
had no personal experience of the great struggle through 
which our country went to perfect an indissoluble Union. 
Yet he was near the tragic scenes of the memorable con- 
flict, near the crater, near the capital of the Confederacy, 
and near to Appomattox itself. A morning walk for him 
in his childhood would take him over the parapets and 
fortifications, the last to be abandoned by the Confederacy 
in its defense of the constitutional liberty as the Southern 
people saw it. 

The war over — the questions arising from the inevitable 
conflict originating in the Constitution itself settled for- 
ever in the only way they could have been settled — the 
Virginia people turned their attention to the new prob- 
lems brought about by an entire change in economic 
conditions. In this new atmosphere, bringing into strong 
relief the heroic virtues of the Virginia people in their 
endeavor to adapt themselves to the changed conditions, 
Francis Lassiter attained his manhood. Preserving ever 
the sacred traditions of his people, embodying in his own 
personality in large degree the qualities of personal loy- 
alty and genial companionship, combined with a natural 
taste for public questions, he early entered on a career 
of responsibility that ended with his being an honored 
Member of the National Congress. 

In every way a devoted constituency could honor 
Francis Lassiter they honored him. Others more famil- 
iar with his life can speak of his achievements along polit- 
ical lines. To me, one of his colleagues, he was a Virginia 
gentleman, a blend of the old and new schools, adding to 
the courtly manners and personal charms of the one the 
aggressive spirit of the other. His disposition was that 
of a frank and sincere man, with feelings of good will 
to all the world. His conception of the duties of his 



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position here showed that he grasped the two leading 
phases of congressional life — one a consideration of those 
large public questions in which the country as a whole is 
interested, and the other, attention to the specific wants 
and needs of the constituency which he represented in 
Congress. 

How faithfully he discharged the trust imposed in him 
is evidenced by his return to Congress each time with 
practically no opposition. Francis Lassiter was a man 
of convictions. Beneath an agreeable manner and a con- 
ciliatory disposition was the steadfast resolve of the man 
who had determined to do what he thought was right. 
Frequently, and actuated by the same spirit that caused 
his own people to stand for their convictions at the ex- 
pense of their life's blood, he was often found to separate 
himself from the views of a majority of his party asso- 
ciates and to vote as he thought would best subserve the 
interests he represented. His death brought sorrow to his 
people for they loved him — loved him well — not alone 
for what he had done for them, but because of his per- 
sonal attractions and worth. He was a man near to them 
and they realized it. He was a friend to every man, 
woman, and child in his district and they to him. 

His manner toward men breathed of sincere friendship 
and upon first acquaintance one felt spontaneously that 
they had in Francis Lassiter a friend. With him the 
human relation was uppermost. My own relations with 
him were of the most cordial and friendly nature. We 
differed politically, but such difference was never referred 
to in our intercourse, and I always cherished his friend- 
ship the more on this account. On my entrance to Con- 
gress I was touched and at the same time filled with grati- 
tude at the kindly words of eulogy he delivered in this 
House upon my father, who preceded me here. It is not 
sufficient to say that I miss him; I sincerely mourn, hu- 



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Address of Mr. Slemp, of Virginia 



manly speaking, the untimely taking out of this world 
of my friend, Francis Lassiter. 

The purpose of Divine Providence it is not given mortal 
man to know, and we can only await with calmness the 
end that comes to us all, best trying, as God has given us 
to see the light, to follow the faith that is in us. A man's 
life can not be said to be in vain if it has been contributed 
to the people of his nativity, as must be said of our dead 
colleague. 

The spirit of his life remains as an inspiration to tem- 
per our bitterness with softness. Those of us who remain 
will the better accomplish our aim in life if we occasion- 
ally at least look in retrospect upon the life, ideals, and 
purposes of Francis Lassiter. 



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Address of Mr. Small, of North Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: Membership in this House is a badge both 
of distinction and of honor, and whatever preconceived 
notions may be entertained by men who are not associated 
with the membership in this House, or have not had 
opportunity for close observation, the truth is that the 
man who stands as the representative of an American 
constituency in this body has one or more characteristics 
of mind and of heart and of achievement to his credit 
which entitles him to the distinction. 

As I have listened to-day to the tributes which have 
been paid to our friend Mr. Lassiter I recall with pleasure 
his strong mentality, his ripe scholarship, his studious 
habits, his love for the mother of States, the Old Domin- 
ion, his devotion to his constituency; but there is one 
other characteristic which at this moment I prefer most 
of all to recall, and that is that Francis Rives Lassiter 
was at all times and under all circumstances a gentleman. 

However the world may have defined this appellation, 
and however much men may have differed as to what 
constitutes a man of this disposition, I think all will agree 
on this definition, that he is a man who is considerate of 
others, who never wantonly gives offense, who has culti- 
vated the humanities of life, and who, upon all occasions, 
remembers that he is a part and parcel of his community 
and of society. 

I did not know Mr. Lassiter so well during the first two 
terms of his service in this body, but I did come to a 
closer acquaintanceship and comradeship with him dur- 
ing his later service. As I met him before committees, as 



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I mingled with him in this House, as I recall the pleasure 
of social intercourse, and particularly away from this 
hody, at several waterway conventions, it is a pleasure 
upon this occasion to remember the gentleness and the 
kindliness, the human interest of this man in his kind. 

I do not think, Mr. Speaker — and in this proposition I 
think we will all agree — that mere intellectual strength 
and superior mental equipment make either for the best 
and strongest man or afford the best opportunity for 
promotion in private and public life. 

I remember at college that a wise old preceptor stated, 
in the course of one of his lectures, that the heart, the 
gentler sentiments, and high ideals of life made for the 
highest type of manhood, and that in those early days I 
listened to that proposition with skepticism and with in- 
credulity; and yet, with experience in life, with observa- 
tion of men, I now realize that he was stating a great 
truth. How often have we observed men, particularly in 
public life, strong and rugged in intellectuality, their 
minds stored with information and with knowledge, and 
yet men who had not learned to abnegate self and culti- 
vate charity. 

On the other hand, how often have we seen men whom 
the world regard as possessing only mediocre ability, but 
who had cultivated the humanities of life, who, in their 
daily associations with others, were considerate, kind, and 
gentle, who participated in the movements that made for 
the uplift of humanity and the betterment of others, and 
who sought as the main purpose of existence to leave the 
world better than they found it — how often, I say, have 
we found these men sought out by their fellows as the 
recipients of distinction and honor and preferment. 

Mr. Speaker, our friend, to whom we are paying a 
tribute to-day, in his daily intercourse with men was 
always considerate, kind, and thoughtful. He remem- 



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bered that the greatest virtue which we may possess is 
charity, and while, like the rest of us, he entertained his 
likes and dislikes, and perhaps his prejudices, yet in his 
association I doubt if there is one of us present to-day who 
is able to say that he ever heard him make an unkind or 
an ungenerous expression about his associates. This is 
a pleasing recollection as we are now paying this last 
public honor to his memory. He remembered, in the 
words of the great English poet, that after all " Love is 
only a loan for love." 

But while he possessed this gentleness, this charity, this 
consideration for others, yet at the same time when the 
occasion demanded, he had the spirit and the courage and 
the tenacity of his convictions. No man was ever more 
sensitive of his honor or more ready to defend it when 
assailed. With this beautiful combination of character 
he again illustrated what Bayard Taylor has so beautifully 
said, that — 

The bravest are the tenderest; 

The loving are the daring. 



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Address of Mr. Lamb, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker: Death has laid a heavy hand upon the 
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Virginia in this 
House. For the sixth time in a decade we are called on 
to pay tribute to one of our dead colleagues. 

First, Sydney P. Epes, in the prime of life, with a prom- 
ising future before him; then Maj. Peter J. Otey, of 
Lynchburg, after a long and useful service that had en- 
deared him to his district; then Dr. Richard A. Wise, of 
the second district, joined the great majority, after ren- 
dering for many years devoted services in military, civil, 
and political life; then in the prime of his well-rounded 
life, and full of promise, this last enemy took from his 
lovely family and a host of friends, John F. Rixey, of 
Culpeper; then came the last hours of a favorite son of 
southwest Virginia, when Campbell Slemp joined the 
hosts that sleep beneath the sod. 

We meet this Sabbath day to pay tribute to another son 
of Virginia, and Member of this House. 

Francis Rives Lassiter, of the fourth Virginia district, 
died suddenly and unexpectedly of paralysis of the heart 
in the city of Petersburg on October 31, 1909. His death 
caused widespread regret throughout Virginia. He had 
been active in the State campaign of last year, and ap- 
peared at a barbecue at Waverly, Sussex County, only a 
day or two before his death. 

Our colleague was born in Petersburg in 1866, only the 
year after the close of the war that had laid waste the 
homes of his countrymen and linked his native city with 
the historic battle fields of the world. He was educated 
at McCabe's University School until 1883, when he took 
the academic courses at the University of Virginia. 



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In 1886 he graduated in law from the university, having 
taken the degree of bachelor of laws. He subsequently 
practiced law in Boston until the spring of 1888, when he 
returned to Petersburg, making his home and practicing 
his profession there. He was appointed city attorney in 
1888, which position he held until his appointment in 
1893 by President Cleveland to the office of United States 
attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. This position 
he resigned in 1896, and in 1899 was appointed superin- 
tendent of the Twelfth Census for the fourth district. 

Maj. Lassiter was first elected to Congress to fill the 
unexpired term of Sydney P. Epes in 1900 and was re- 
elected for the succeeding term. In 1906 and again in 
1908 he was elected to Congress, practically without 
opposition. 

It is not my purpose to go into details of Lassiter's 
services in this House. Those services are too recent and 
too well known to require mention here. His courtesy, 
his courage, his energy, his attention to duty, his peculiar 
charm of manner, and his unswerving loyalty to his 
friends were conspicuous traits of his character, and 
endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. 
Courteous and affable to all, warm hearted, sympathetic, 
amiable, pleased to share the griefs and misfortunes of 
his friends, and prompt to share in their rejoicings, it is 
not strange that Lassiter, even in the short span of life 
allotted him, won such high regard and affection from 
the people of his district. 

He was, indeed, a cultured orator and fought the battles 
of his party in every section of Virginia. His services 
in campaigns were always eagerly sought and cheerfully 
and generously contributed. No place too far, no work 
too hard, no time too valuable, and no task too difficult 
when friend or party required his services. 



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Void of petty jealousy or envy, courteous and consid- 
erate of his colleagues at all times, scorning personal 
advantage at the expense of others, and worshiping high 
ideals, he devoted every talent at his command to the 
service of his district and State. 

It is through the faculty of making and holding friends 
that life is made happy and worth living. The knowledge 
that one has just one real friend is enough to arm him 
against most of life's ills and misfortunes, for in the 
heart of friendship there is a perfect refuge, a tower of 
strength, and a deep well of sympathy. What a delight 
and comfort to know that we have firm and unchanging 
friends. The friendships formed in this House constitute 
one of its chief inspirations and benefactions. Our admi- 
ration for and appreciation of our colleagues, living and 
dead, constitute the best part of our lives and stir us to 
higher effort and greater endeavor as we witness their 
labor for the public weal or recall the friendly greetings 
or warm expressions of approval from those who loved 
and obliged us while they held their places here. 

I often recall, almost with tears, an expression of 
friendship as it fell from the lips of a warm-hearted col- 
league when he hade me good-by, retiring from Congress 
on his own motion. For six or more years I have now 
and then called up the form and features of this friend 
as with sincerity and deep emotion he spoke those last 
words of friendship. My friend has gone to his grave. 
His words will linger with me while this life lasts and I 
expect to find him ready with a welcome in the great 
beyond. This thought and many more touching friend- 
ships came to my mind and heart as I witnessed the out- 
pouring of friends at the funeral of Representative Lassi- 
ter in Petersburg, Va. Not only those of his immediate 
circle of acquaintances and friends who knew him best 
and loved him most, but from the surrounding counties 



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came representative people, who had stood by him in sun- 
shine and sorrow, in victory and defeat. It was a sad, 
imposing, and impressive pageant. It was a splendid trib- 
ute to one who had the happy faculty of making and 
keeping friends. Another virtue, in addition to the saving 
grace of friendliness, that characterized the life of Repre- 
sentative Lassiter was gentleness, the crowning grace of 
good men. He possessed this in an eminent degree. It 
helped to endear him to a loyal and devoted constituency. 
It bound him as with hoops of steel to those who knew him 
best and loved him most. It will keep green his memory 
in their minds and hearts when the scenes in which he 
participated become, as it were, ancient history. 

This grace of gentleness came naturally and by in- 
heritance to our departed colleague. In a refined and 
cultured home it was implanted and fostered. In a school 
presided over by a professor of the old school of Vir- 
ginia thought and ethics, his mental and moral character 
was formed and directed. At the University of Virginia 
he had the culture and training that has molded the 
minds and hearts of the youths of our country for many 
generations. 

A distinguished Virginian, a classmate of Mr. Lassiter 
at the University of Virginia, said of him at the time of 
his death: 

Another rare and very prominent virtue of our deceased col- 
league was his modesty. 

This virtue, as well as his unfailing loyalty to his 
friends, was shown so fully in a eulogy pronounced in this 
Chamber in March, 1900, on his friend, Sydney P. Epes, 
that I quote in part: 

From boyhood we walked in that clear light of friendship 
which only comes with youth, trusting each other so implicitly 
that one intuitively assumed the act or thought of the other. 



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I dare not touch upon his qualities, lest in asserting that I was 
admitted to his friendship I arrogate more honor than I own. 
Yet how often have the great of heart loved lesser men. 

There is a consideration, however, which, while it loosens my 
halting tongue to-day, restrains the tears which would misbecome 
this presence. When death removed the mortal part of my friend, 
a part of him that was mortal fell to me. We had often talked, 
as youths do, of careers and things achieved. 

One of his dreams, already realized, was worthily to represent 
the people of his beloved Commonwealth. He shared the youthful 
hope that I, too, might be called to this high estate. Alas! How 
prayers are answered, hopes fulfilled! 

Could we have imagined a Providence so fantastical that must 
cast across my mortal orbit the shadow of his immortal course? 

It seems strange and almost inexplicable, Mr. Speaker, 
that one who was a man of twenty and four years, having 
seen much of life's mystery and a great deal of the lesser 
mystery of death when these twin souls came into being 
should have survived them both and in this Chamber 
paid tribute to their memories and been permitted to 
breathe the prayer that happiness and contentment might 
follow those who immediately and directly bind those 
memories to earth. 

He was a man of great culture, fine ability, honorable, 
manly, courageous. Those who knew him loved him and 
honored him. 



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Address of Mr. Gaines, of West Virginia 

Mr. Speaker: I desire to speak on this occasion, when 
the House is commemorating the life, character, and 
services of Francis Rives Lassiter, solely because of the 
personal liking and esteem I had for him. Longer ac- 
quaintance with his public career before I first met him 
as a Member here will enable others better to review his 
life work. I shall always be gratified to reflect that I had 
the opportunity to testify in his own district, and while he 
was living, to the esteem in which I held him and the 
personal fondness I entertained for him. 

With an exceptionally bright mind, maturing early, he 
was a lawyer at 21, city attorney at 24, a presidential 
elector at 26, a United States district attorney at 27, and 
elected to Congress at 34. But I repeat, Mr. Speaker, I 
do not intend to speak of his public career. 

I speak at all simply because I liked him. For sevei'al 
years he was a member of the Committee on Election of 
President, Vice President, and Representatives in Con- 
gress, and was a member of it at the time of his death. 
As chairman of that committee I first became well 
acquainted with him. It was easy to see that he had 
a mind finely and delicately adjusted in every respect. 
Sensitive himself in the highest degree, it is impossible 
even to imagine him not scrupulously careful whenever 
the feelings and sensibilities of others were involved. 
He was of the mold and manner of a gentleman of the 
old school, being such a man as he was. 

I confess I was pleased when it appeared that he in- 
stinctively felt that whenever any opportunity occurred 

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lo advance him on his reputation, he could count on me 
to be his personal friend rather than his political oppo- 
nent. No better example than he could be found of what 
is so characteristic of this House, namely, fidelity to party 
in all political matters and the total disregard of party 
in all personal relations. Able as he undoubtedly was in 
his grasp of political and governmental questions, deeply 
read in the constitutional principles which lie at the bot- 
tom of party differences in our country, I used sometimes 
to think that literature would have been his natural field. 
His fine mind and his fine sensibilities and his chivalrous 
nature, if interpreted into literature, would, I was inclined 
to think, have lived for years in the memories of many 
men, as he himself will live for all their lives in the hearts 
of all who knew him. 



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Address of Mr. Maynard, of Virginia 

Mr. Speaker: We are assembled here to-day for the 
purpose of paying tribute to the memory of our late 
friend and colleague, Francis Rives Lassiter, of Virginia. 

His sudden and untimely death was a distinct loss not 
only to his constituents and State but to the whole coun- 
try; to his intimate friends his death was a personal 
bereavement. Possessed of rare intellect and profound 
judgment, he was ever ready to give to his friends valued 
advice and to his colleagues and public associates the 
benefit of wise counsel. 

Coming from a distinguished ancestry, he early gave 
evidences of marked ability as a literary man, lawyer, 
and statesman. After a short practice of law in Boston, 
he returned to his native city of Petersburg, where, in 
obedience to the call of his people, he at once entered 
into the strife of the political struggle it was then making 
to cast off undesirable political rule. Under his untiring 
zeal, indomitable persistency, and wise leadership his 
party's efforts were crowned with success. Later on, 
while still devoting his attention to the practice of his 
chosen profession— the law— his district called upon him 
to assume leadership as district chairman. He brought 
to this position the same vigor and fidelity of purpose 
which had characterized his previous successes and at- 
tained similar results. He was preeminently a man who 
accomplished things. He was thoroughly known to his 
people; he had at all times their unlimited confidence and 
affection. They conferred upon him honor after honor, 
which he discharged with the utmost fidelity. Few men 
have held in so universal a manner the confidence and 



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affection of the people he served, a circumstance which 
can be best accounted for through the absolute loyalty 
of his nature. Possessed as he was of a great number of 
commendable traits, strong in all, it could perhaps be 
correctly asserted that loyalty was his predominating 
characteristic. His unselfish fidelity was put to the test 
on more than one occasion, and there was never any 
hesitation on his part as to his course. 

Personal ambition was not considered by him in such 
circumstances; he gave thought only for his people and 
what he conceived to be their best interest, as when he 
sacrificed the position of United States district attorney 
rather than relinquish at a critical political stage the posi- 
tion of district chairman, which paid nothing. That was 
the spirit with which he served his district at all times, 
and in honoring him as they did they honored themselves. 
Personally he was the very soul of honor; truth and can- 
dor were not only deep rooted in his nature, but were 
strongly apparent in his every-day life and work. His 
heart and hand were always open to his fellow man. 
His was a quick sympathy, an alert mind, and a forceful 
power for all that was right and true. He cared not for 
the material riches of the world; his greatest desire was 
to aid and advance the people, and his controlling senti- 
ment was for what he believed to be their welfare and 
interests. He was a close student of Virginia and Vir- 
ginia history and traditions, and it would be most diffi- 
cult to find one more conversant with that subject than 
was he. Modest in all things, he sought rather the retire- 
ment of his accomplishments than otherwise. 

He belonged to the class of the highest type of the 
" Virginia gentleman," courtly in manner and bearing, 
chivalrous in spirit, gentle and tender in nature, steadfast 
in friendship, of the highest courage, and loyal to every 
principle of truth and justice. 



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But, Mr. Speaker, the strongest eulogy that could be 
spoken of our late friend and colleague is that evidenced 
by the high degree of confidence reposed in and affection 
entertained for him by his own people. They feel that 
they have lost a true and faithful friend, a political leader 
unsurpassed in a time of strife and danger, a tried and 
faithful public servant whose watchword was duty, and 
in carrying out his duty he let no personal inclination or 
sacrifice stand between him and what he believed to be 
the right. His family have lost one dear to them, but 
the memory of his beautiful character and loving kind- 
ness will be to them a priceless recollection. The State 
of Virginia has lost a faithful and distinguished son, and 
all of us who knew him a loyal and loving friend. 



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Address of Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: Life's uncertainty is sadly emphasized in 
the departure of our lamented colleague. One is induced 
to wonder that such careful early training, such deep 
study, such serious disposition to fulfill the measure of 
man's usefulness in the community should be so quickly 
ended. His earthly career has closed, and the fate which 
overcame him serves but to warn us all. 

To-day a mighty nation laments the death of a King, 
and all civilized nations mourn in sympathy; yet to- 
morrow the sun will shine, the flowers will bloom, the 
peoples of the world will proceed with their usual avo- 
cations. 

We are but atoms infinitesimal in the divine plan. The 
highest and the lowest must depart from this earth; and 
perhaps the lesson we are to gather from it all is the les- 
son of humility, that lesson which the greatest of modern 
Americans, Abraham Lincoln, so thoroughly understood, 
the lesson comprehended in his favorite poem — 

Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? 

I can not speak in set phrase of Francis Rives Lassiter. 

What I have to say upon this occasion springs crudely 
from the heart. Coming into this House, and believing 
I would find in statesmen the same earnest friendships 
that hold in private life, I was grateful for the warmth 
and promptitude of his words of encouragement. 

He was not of my party nor of my section of the coun- 
try, but from our first meeting I admired him for the 
chivalry and gentleness of his nature. 



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It was not so long ago that upon an invitation from his 
State I spoke in the city of Norfolk. At the close of the 
meeting there was one amongst the many who came for- 
ward to express their good will who extended his hand 
reluctantly. As he did so he said, " I did not believe I 
could bring myself to offer felicitations to a Pennsylva- 
nian, but you have convinced me to-day that I was wrong, 
and I welcome you to old Virginia." I knew he was deal- 
ing with the past, but I said, " This is a surprise to me, 
for I am one of the newer generation and am merely a 
visitor from one American State to another. I would not 
have entertained an unkind thought of a Virginian com- 
ing to Pennsylvania." 

Later, I spoke of the incident to Francis Rives Lassiter. 
He said to me that the spirit that still abided in that one 
breast was a spirit that was fast fading out of the minds 
of men who had cause for bitterness and hatred toward 
the North; that the day was advancing, if it was not 
already here, when men of the newer generation would 
join hands for the advancement of our common country. 

I felt then, as I felt upon entering this House, that there 
was a mission for men of the type of Francis Rives Las- 
siter; that there was a mission here in this House for 
those believing as he did that augured well for the whole 
people. 

We met frequently from that time — frequently upon 
this floor, and always in a spirit of fellowship most de- 
lightful. We conferred in the spirit of mutual helpful- 
ness; if I could be of service to him, I would do that 
service cheerfully and without regard to political condi- 
tions, and if he could do a service for me he did it unsel- 
fishly. It was therefore with the deepest sorrow that one 
day in November last, after receiving a message from 
him that he would join us upon to-morrow " in body and 
soul," to promote the cause of the inland waterways, in 



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which we had come to have a common interest, I read 
the startling announcement of his death. 

The shock was distinct, the sense of sorrow was keen 
and instant. I felt that a friend had gone, and that the 
country and the cause which he represented had lost one 
of its best servitors. The sad duty of announcing his 
death to the convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways 
Association at Norfolk was duly performed, and that 
convention evinced its grief in fitting resolutions. 

My brethren from Virginia and from other States, who 
have come to-day to pay your tribute of respect to our 
departed colleague, I feel that an occasion of this kind 
may permit the expression of the thought that inasmuch 
as life is uncertain and friendships are to be cherished 
there is much we could do while our friends are still 
alive to say those things that we are wont to say only 
after they are dead. 

This is the season of roses in Washington, when the 
bloom is upon the garden. Let us rather place the roses 
and the chaplets upon the heads of those whom we love 
than wait until the grave has made us repent of our own 
dereliction. If we only knew how near to each other we 
are, how animated we are by kindred sentiments, what 
good we might do, what kindly influence we might shed 
about us, even as Francis Rives Lassiter did in first ex- 
tending his hand to me, a newcomer in this House. 

The Speaker pro tempore. In pursuance of the order 
heretofore adopted, the House will stand adjourned until 
to-morrow at 12 o'clock noon. 



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Proceedings in the Senate 

Tuesday, December 7, 1909. 

The Vice President. The Chair lays before the Senate 
resolutions from the House of Representatives, which will 
be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. Francis Rives Lassiter, late a Representative 
from the State of Virginia. 

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit 
a copy of these resolutions to the Senate. 

Mr. Bacon. Mr. President, in the necessary absence of 
both the Virginia Senators, I offer, on behalf of the senior 
Senator from Virginia [Mr. Daniel], the resolutions which 
I send to the desk. 

The resolutions (S. Res. 89) were read and considered 
by unanimous consent, as follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the 
announcement of the death of the Hon. Francis R. Lassiter, late 
a Representative from the State of Virginia. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these 
resolutions to the House of Representatives. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn. 

The Vice President. The question is on agreeing to the 
first two resolutions submitted by the Senator from 
Georgia. 

Tbe resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 



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Mr. Bacon. Mr. President, in each of the series of reso- 
lutions presented by the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Stone] and by me, on behalf of the Senator from Vir- 
ginia [Mr. Daniel], there is embodied a resolution "That 
as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased, the Senate do now adjourn." I make that motion 
now, so that it may apply to each of the series of reso- 
lutions. 

The Vice President. The question is on agreeing to the 
motion of the Senator from Georgia. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 
o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until 
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